- Purpose
- The EER initiative provides a route for participating energy suppliers to identify certain energy consumers who live in fuel poverty and may be eligible for the installation of energy saving measures into their homes under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS). Ofgem is administrator for ECO and GBIS with responsibility for verifying the eligibility of households associated with notified measures.
- Information sharing benefits
- Information sharing between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ofgem to enable Ofgem to verify the eligibility of energy consumers who have claimed for the installation of energy saving measures to reduce their energy bills under the ECO and GBIS schemes.
- Disclosed information
- Ofgem will share a unique identifier and address for successful claims made by energy consumers for financial assistance under the ECO and GBIS. DWP will return the unique identifier, address and a match flag to indicate the result of the benefit eligibility check previously undertaken and shared with the relevant energy supplier.
- Information sharing method
- Encrypted Email Transfer
- Contact
- data.protectionofficer@dwp.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2025-01-17
- End date
- 2026-03-31
- Review date
- 2026-01-17
- Retention period
- P5Y
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 430
- Notes
- New agreement
- Updated
- 17 April 2025